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Played by Lord Alan Sugar · 91 quotes · page 3 of 7

Sir Alan Sugar

Played by Lord Alan Sugar

The Apprentice · 659 quotes

2nd most-quoted character in The Apprentice: in 91 of its 659 quotes

Lines by Sir Alan Sugar 89

Sir Alan Sugar

(to Tre Azam) Remember I told you last week never to underestimate me?

Tre Azam: Yes?

Sir Alan Sugar: Do you want to tell your colleagues where you really got the name from?

(holds up a piece of paper)

Is this the company you work for?

Sir Alan Sugar

Andy, nice enough fellow as you are, I don't believe that you had this thing under control. I think you could have solved the location problem, I think you could have solved the purchasing problem. Andy, you're fired!

Andy Jackson: Sir Alan, can I say anything at this point to change your mind? I will fight my corner I will give 110%...

Sir Alan Sugar: I'm sure you would. But you were out of control on the locations, you were out of control on the stock. I'm sorry, Andy, but you are fired.

Sir Alan Sugar

Ifti, I don't know if you've got a problem or something, but you are not transmitting confidence to me.

Ifti Chaudri: Ah, Sir Alan, I do apologise for that. I know it's no excuse, but I was missing my son very badly...

[Tre laughs]

Sir Alan Sugar: What, you think that's funny, do you?

Tre Azam: Not at all, I have a son too. But when you have to get down to work, you have to get down to work, don't you?

Ifti Chaudri: I've never been away from my son, and I found it crippling, to be honest with you. Absolutely crippling.

Sir Alan Sugar: You can't concentrate on this, is really what you're saying?

Ifti Chaudri: It doesn't look like I can. But I'm just being honest with you, Sir Alan, because I'm not going to be going into tasks and not giving 100%. You saw me on the first task, you saw what I'm capable of, but I just found myself in a mental block, and if I can't tell you the truth, what can I do?

Sir Alan Sugar: I appreciate it, you're a very good family man. But business is business, as I'm sure you'll agree. And so it's with regret, Ifti, that I'm going to have to say to you, you're fired.

[Ifti sighs, gets up and leaves. Sir Alan turns to face Rory and Tre]

Sir Alan Sugar: I suppose you think you've got off lightly there? That because Ifti's gone, that's it, you can get back to the house? Well, as I've said once before, never underestimate me, and don't try and second guess what's going on. Because, I'm telling you, as unusual as it is, one of you is still going to get fired.

Sir Alan Sugar

Rory, you're a disaster. I'm sorry, an absolute, total disaster. I've given you the chance to explain yourself, and you haven't. I was told that you were bankrupt; there's no shame in that, been bankrupt twice. Well, here's the hat-trick... Rory, you're fired!

Sir Alan Sugar

I absolutely admire anybody like you have done...a mother under the circumstances which you were in, done your Open University stuff, got your MBA and this, that and the other. Love it, okay? Me? It don't mean jack shit, quite frankly. I'm not interested in these titles, okay?

Sir Alan Sugar

I sent you out on a mission to France, to sell quality British products. I gave you a list of organic farmers, of people who use tender love and care to create something special that they take a pride in. And I wanted you to take that product and say "This is what us British produce, this is not mass-produced tut..." and what you do, is you go and buy a breeze block-load of bloody cheddar cheese!

Sir Alan Sugar

Paul, I sent you to sell the best of British to France. You spent half the bloody day frying sausages on some stupid contraption that the Boy Scouts could have made, and worse than that, Paul, you went out and lost me money! You're a total shambles. You're fired!

Sir Alan Sugar

(referencing Stealth's target customer, nicknamed "Jay") Katie, you asked me to think like Jay. While, I'm thinking like Jay, and Jay says your advert sucks. And Ghazal, Jay says you're fired.

Sir Alan Sugar

If she [Kristina] says "okay" one more time, I'm gonna hit something.

Kristina Grimes: (on TV) Okay! Now here we have...

(Sir Alan laughs and shakes his head)

Sir Alan Sugar

In these past ten weeks, I've been relying upon Nick and Margaret to tell me what you people have been up to. Well, I didn't need to last night, because I saw it myself. And what I saw was the biggest load of tut that I have ever seen in my life.

Sir Alan Sugar

You were devastated when you got a B in your GCSE French. You're going to be even more devastated now, because you've got a big F. You're fired! (to Nicholas)

Sir Alan Sugar

(seeing Raef quiet as Alex and Nicholas argue) Well Raef, either talk up you know or...

Raef Bjayou: I'm just finding this conversation just, you know, just incredibly boring. We're now going into psycho-babble now.

Sir Alan Sugar: I'm sorry if I'm boring you.

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